Claude is a young man whose girlfriend has just broken up with him. Feeling unable to overcome the pain, Claude has no other idea than to end his life. Back home, he finds five middle-aged or elderly men sitting at the dinner table but he refuses to join the guests and goes upstairs to his bedroom. The worst is prevented thanks to a servant who has caught sight of Claude's revolver. Claude 's uncle joins his nephew and manages to persuade him not to take action. He takes him downstairs to the dining room where each in turn, the five guests start telling their own story. For it happens that they too once had their heart broken and that they too once wanted to die for love.
as Surgeon
as Louis Drotort, painter
as Lawyer
as Simone, actress tenant
as Funeral home employee
as Claude Ferval, dramatic author
as Hubert Barnabé, theater director
as Claude's wife
as Georges, industrialist's son
as Michèle Fabreuse, sculptor
as Gladiator model
as Concierge
as The 'widow' of the painter
as Jeanne, secretary
as Gaëtan
as Industrial
as Uncle
as Nephew
as Critic
as Charles, authorized signatory
as Panouille, clerk
as Rose, Simone's maid
as Claude's friend
as Cleaning lady
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
as Flowergirl (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Painter's maid (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
